| Pos. | Lane | Bib | Athlete | Year | Cat. | | Mark | Points |
| 1 | 6 | 3082 | CESCON Giampaolo | 1962 | M55 | ITA ITALY | 25.44 Q | |
| 2 | 5 | 1954 | CARNIER Patrice | 1962 | M55 | FRA FRANCE | 25.45 Q | |
| 3 | 5 | 1786 | ZHUMADILOV Valery | 1961 | M55 | EST ESTONIA | 25.70 Q | |
| 4 | 5 | 2506 | TUNSTALL Neil | 1962 | M55 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 25.81 Q | |
| 5 | 6 | 2112 | PEROCHON Charly | 1959 | M55 | FRA FRANCE | 25.84 Q | |
| 6 | 5 | 2300 | GUEST Paul | 1961 | M55 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 25.90 Q | |
| 7 | 5 | 3081 | CEOLA Maurizio | 1962 | M55 | ITA ITALY | 26.14 Q | |
| 8 | 5 | 2511 | VASSILIOU Michael | 1960 | M55 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 26.15 Q | |
| 9 | 6 | 2764 | POSCHWATTA Thorsten | 1961 | M55 | GER GERMANY | 26.19 Q | |
| 10 | 6 | 2715 | LUEERS Heiner | 1958 | M55 | GER GERMANY | 26.37 Q | |
| 11 | 5 | 2363 | LEWIS Bob | 1961 | M55 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 26.41 Q | |
| 12 | 4 | 1015 | LOBO Jose Luis | 1962 | M55 | ESP SPAIN | 26.51 Q | |
| 13 | 6 | 2299 | GROOCOCK Nicholas | 1962 | M55 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 26.52 q | |
| 14 | 5 | 2678 | KNABE Wolfgang | 1959 | M55 | GER GERMANY | 26.62 Q | |
| 15 | 6 | 221 | AGUIRREBENGOA Roberto | 1959 | M55 | ESP SPAIN | 26.63 Q | |
| 16 | 4 | 2505 | TTEREVE Paul | 1962 | M55 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 26.65 Q | |
| 17 | 4 | 73 | HEYLEN Ronald | 1962 | M55 | BEL BELGIUM | 26.67 q | |
| 18 | 4 | 3071 | CANACCINI Carlo | 1963 | M55 | ITA ITALY | 26.74 Q | |
| 19 | 4 | 990 | LARRUBIA VIDAL Alvaro A | 1962 | M55 | ESP SPAIN | 26.80 Q | |
| 20 | 5 | 2367 | LOGAN Pat | 1960 | M55 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 26.81 Q | |
| 21 | 6 | 1579 | SANCHEZ DEL CORRAL USAO | 1960 | M55 | ESP SPAIN | 26.87 Q | |
| 22 | 4 | 1421 | RAMIREZ Juan | 1958 | M55 | ESP SPAIN | 26.93 q | |
| 23 | 4 | 357 | BELTRAN MONTOLIO Jose M | 1962 | M55 | ESP SPAIN | 26.96 q | |
| 24 | 4 | 2770 | RICHTER Wolfgang | 1958 | M55 | GER GERMANY | 27.04 | |
| 25 | 4 | 618 | DIAZ GARCIA Cesar | 1960 | M55 | ESP SPAIN | 27.21 | |
| 26 | 6 | 2561 | CONTAG Andreas | 1960 | M55 | GER GERMANY | 27.30 | |
| 27 | 6 | 3505 | ZURAWSKI Bogumil | 1959 | M55 | POL POLAND | 27.36 | |
| 28 | 6 | 2248 | DONALD Dougie | 1959 | M55 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 27.42 Q | |
| 29 | 3 | 834 | GOIKOETXEA Ramon | 1959 | M55 | ESP SPAIN | 27.61 | |
| 30 | 3 | 513 | CITORES GIMENO Daniel | 1962 | M55 | ESP SPAIN | 27.89 | |
| 31 | 3 | 2656 | KAEHLING Richard | 1962 | M55 | GER GERMANY | 27.92 | |
| 32 | 4 | 2064 | LE COZ Loic | 1962 | M55 | FRA FRANCE | 27.95 | |
| 33 | 2 | 1926 | BELLY Patrice | 1960 | M55 | FRA FRANCE | 28.77 | |
| 34 | 3 | 443 | CANFRANC DOBLAS Luis Mi | 1960 | M55 | ESP SPAIN | 28.86 | |
| 35 | 2 | 1411 | QUERO Raul | 1960 | M55 | ESP SPAIN | 29.09 | |
| 36 | 3 | 2471 | SKINNER William | 1959 | M55 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 29.20 | |
| 37 | 3 | 3678 | STANKO Vladimir | 1961 | M55 | SVK SLOVAK REPUBLIK | 29.65 | |
| 38 | 2 | 1588 | SANCHEZ NAVARRO Federic | 1962 | M55 | ESP SPAIN | 30.46 | |
| 39 | 2 | 2265 | ELLIOTT Winston | 1960 | M55 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 30.76 | |
| 40 | 2 | 1625 | SEOANE-PAMPIN Fernando | 1961 | M55 | ESP SPAIN | 31.00 | |
| 41 | 3 | 838 | GOMEZ DESVAUX Francisco | 1962 | M55 | ESP SPAIN | 31.22 | |
| 42 | 2 | 3739 | PETERSSON Kjell | 1960 | M55 | SWE SWEDEN | 34.13 | |
| 43 | 2 | 2378 | MAY Michael | 1960 | M55 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 34.46 | |
| | 5 | 2329 | ILO Peter | 1961 | M55 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | DNF | |
| | 3 | 3210 | MORIGI Marco | 1960 | M55 | ITA ITALY | DNS | |
| | 3 | 963 | JARAMILLO MARIN Samuel | 1960 | M55 | ESP SPAIN | DNS | |
| | 3 | 1512 | ROF Ricard | 1961 | M55 | ESP SPAIN | DNS | |
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